Clayton County EQIP

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) that promotes agricultural production and environmental quality. This program is available to farmers and offers financial and technical assistance to install or implement structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land.

The following are Clayton County resource concerns to be addressed by EQIP:

• Soil Erosion – Sheet and Rill, Ephemeral Gully
• Water Quality – Excessive Suspended Sediment and Turbidity in Surface Water.
• Water Quality – Excessive Nutrients and Organics in Groundwater and Surface Water.
• Plant – Condition – Productivity, Health and Vigor
• Domestic Animals – Inadequate Stock Water 

These resource concerns address the following National EQIP priorities:

1. Reduction of non-point source pollution, such as nutrients, sediment, pesticides, or excess salinity in impaired watersheds consistent with Total Daily Maximum Loads (TMDL's), where available, as well as the reduction of groundwater contamination and the conservation of ground and surface water resources.
2. To reduce soil erosion and sedimentation on agricultural land.

Applications for EQIP funding can be completed at any time at the NRCS field office. The ranking will be completed for specific practices to be applied through the EQIP contract. Application ranking will be done periodically as funding allocations become available, will be announced through the NRCS State Office, and will be publicized by all levels of NRCS. The NRCS may establish local, minimum ranking cut-off levels for funding selection.

The local work group also recommended a list of conservation practices that are the most cost-effective, longest duration and address the priority resource concerns in the district. Also, applications for land in the Silver Creek and Miners Creek watersheds will receive priority for funding.

For more information on EQIP and other NRCS administrated programs contact the Clayton County USDA Service Center located at 500 Gunder Rd. Elkader, Iowa. Phone (563) 245-1048. Fax (563) 245-2634.

The following files require Acrobat Reader.

EQIP Practice List - 2009
EQIP Application Ranking - 2009

EQIP Practice List - 2008    For Archival Purposes Only
EQIP Application Ranking - 2008    For Archival Purposes Only

EQIP Practice List - 2007    For Archival Purposes Only
EQIP Application Ranking - 2007    For Archival Purposes Only

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